High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1889
CVE-2016-1889
Description
Integer overflow in the bhyve hypervisor in FreeBSD 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 when configured with a large amount of guest memory, allows local users to gain privilege via a crafted device descriptor.
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References
2- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:38.bhyve.ascnvdVendor Advisory
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